Game apparatus.



H. E.'LEWIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 21. l9l6.

1,218,874. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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' UNITED STATES HARRIET E. LEWIS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed October 27, 1916. Serial N 0.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET E. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in GameApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game, particularly for children, and has forits object to provide an attractive source of entertainment, afi'ordingmuch opportunity for exercise and competition and developing accuracyand muscle control.

hese objects are obtained by the apparatus illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view or diagramillustrating the game, Fig. 2 is a view of one of the stakes or pins,Fig. 3 a view of an implement used in playing the game, and Fig. at aview of a ring also used in playing the game.

As illustrated in the drawing, the game apparatus consists of fivestakes or pins 1 adapted to be set upright. They are preferably in theform of figures, which may be decorated in bright colors, sharpened atthe base so as to be easily stood upright when the game is playedoutdoors or to fit in a device or stand 2 to hold them upright when thegame is played indoors. The apparatus also comprises an implementconsisting of a ring 3 connected by a tape 4, or the like, to each offour other rings 5, each ring being adapted to surround the point of thestakes or figures as shown in Fig. l and the tape, which may be of anydesired size and color, being of considerable strength andconspicuousness. The apparatus further conrings 6, of which ordinarilythere will be four, each of which may be colored differently from theothers or otherwise marked for identification.

he game is set up by means of the implement consisting of the five ringsconnected by tapes, this implement being spread out and one of the pinsset up within each of the rings, the tape then serving as a mark orhazard.

Specification of Letters Patent.

When the apparatus has been thus set up, each player chooses one of thefree rings and throws it from a mark some little distance from theapparatus over the first stake. If his ring falls over. the stake, hehops to it, leans over and, while keeping his balance on one foot, takesthe ring from the stake, then hops around the pins, making a completecircle, back to the mark or base. his balance, he forfeits his throw tohis opponent. After proceeding thus with each of the outer stakes, theplayer throws his ring over the central stake from the mark and thencehops directly up to the central stake and, removing his ring therefrom,hops in each space formed by the tapes around the central pin withouttouching any of the tapes, the penalty of touching a tape being the lossof the players throw.

he way in which the game may be played may, of course, be modified, theimportant elements being the muscle control and balance developed by thehoping without touching the tapes, the throwing and the element ofcompetition.

Having thus described claim l. A game apparatus comprising a number oftapes radiating from a center, means connecting the tapes together atthe center, means at the outer ends of the tapes for connection withupright stakes, and stakes the invention, I

ing the tapes distended and spaced apart from one another, said stakesalso serving to receive a member to ring the stakes.

2. A game apparatus comprising a central ring, tapes extending radiallyfrom said ring, a ring connected to the outer end of each of said tapes,and stakes, one for each ring, adapted to be positioned one within eachring and to co-act with sustaining means, said stakes serving to holdthe tapes distended and to receive a member to' ringthe stakes.

HARRIET E. LEWIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

Patented Mar. 13,1917.

